Hokkmike
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I did edit out about 40% of this list so you could read the best ones!
You might be a (Gun Nut) enthusiast if. . .
If you consider the money you lose on your frequent trades as "entertainment money", then you might be a gun nut.
If you have dog named after a firearm or firearm company, then you might be a gun nut.
If you have a separate safe for your pre-ban magazines, then you might be a gun nut.
If you decline a date because you plan on reloading next Friday night, you might be a gun nut.
If you have a stockpile of rifle cases and gun rugs "because you never can have too many of these", you might be a gun nut.
If you forget birthdays and anniversaries but remember the production figures for the pre-64 Model 70 Winchester.
If 30.06 or 8X57 to you is just as appealing as 36-32-34.
If you spend three nights up till 2AM in a row trying to get the finish on that stock just right.
If you drive over fifty miles to buy anything gun related.
If you experience the signs of loss and grief whenever you trade a gun away.
Your standard Sunday-afternoon question to guys selling surplus ammo at gun shows is "How much for all of it, so you don't have to lug it home?"
If you make $30 per hour at work, but spend 30 minutes on your knees at the range looking for that last piece of 40 S&W brass.
You could identify on sight all rifle bolt-faces as in - "that's a Ruger, that's a Savage, that's a Winchester .."
If you can identify gunshots from faraway as to caliber, whether from a rifle or pistol.
If you consider concealed carry every time you shop for clothes.
If you buy a gun safe much larger than you think you'll ever need and still fill it up.
If you need a second gun safe.
If you need yet another safe for all of the ammunition.
If you think there is some special significance when you glance at a clock and it shows 3:08, 3:57, 2:23, etc., no matter how many times you see it...
If you start wondering if you should spread out your ammo boxes a bit, to more evenly distribute the weight on the floor...
If you start eyeing the floor space around your gun vault wondering if you could fit another one there along side it.
If you have a magazine loader on your key ring, you just might be a gun nut.
If you visit a friends private range 150 miles away more often then 3/4 the local members, you just might be a gun nut.
If you approach total strangers and ask if they're going to keep their brass, you just might be a gun nut.
If friends and family ask what you want for Christmas "Other than gun stuff." You just might be a gun nut.
If you've ever run out of film photographing your guns for insurance purposes, you just might be a gun nut.
If you've ever photographed your entire gun collection, but "insurance purposes" never entered your mind, you just might be a gun nut.
If you try taking one big 'family photo' of your gun collection, but just can't fit them all in one frame, you just might be a gun nut.
You just buy a type of gun (say a Win Mod. 70) you love the rifle and go out and buy every Mod 70 but in different calibers.
You fall in love with a caliber (say 243) and go a buy every different manufactured rifle in that caliber.
If you have a library filled with back issues of American Rifleman, Handloader, and Gun Report magazines, and you bought a computer to index them on.
If all your computer passwords are firearms related, you just might be a gun nut.
If you gave your daughter a brick of .22s for Christmas, you just might be a gun nut.
If you have three guns in the same model and caliber, you just might be a gun nut.
If your answer to the recent thread, "How many guns do you need?" is, "How many do you have room for in your house?"
You do all metric-to-English unit conversions starting with the phrase, "Well...thirty caliber is .308 inches and 7.62mm, so..."
Your personalized license plates read COLT AUTO, FNFAL, M1911A1, M2HB, 762 51, or GLOCK.
You might be a gun nut if ...your reloading bench is made of better wood than your bedroom set.
You practice your draw when walking along a path at work and scare someone (unarmed - like air guitar)
If you bought a Russian SKS so you could shoot DCM matches and qualify for an M1 Garand, you just might be.
You just might be a gun nut if you start feeling uneasy if you have fewer than 500 rounds on hand for your favorite shooter.
You just might be a gun nut, when you look at a beautiful sun-set, and all you can think about is how much sight adjustment you'd have to make in the fluky light!
You just might be a gun nut, when your idea of the perfect vacation is two bug-filled weeks at Camp Perry!
You just might be a gun nut when your littlest son cheers and yells "DEER MEAT" when Bambi's mother gets shot!
You just might be a gun nut when you measure the passage of seasons by which rifle you're loading for!
You can't remember the plot of the last movie you saw, but you can name the model, caliber and finish of every firearm in the movie.
You reflexively count the number of shots fired by every weapon in the film, then gripe to your friends when the actors exceed the magazine capacities.
Your friends refuse to see ANY films containing firearms with you.
You're a gun nut if you bought 5000 5.56 bullet heads because you are afraid that the ban will go through and you'll have to shoot soft points through your AR.
You shout out gun names makes and calibers during every movie you go and see.
Every time you see a structure you wonder what kind of penetration your favorite round will have on it.
You keep leaving home with the empty gun case, while telling your wife that you are taking that one gun to be fixed, and returning with a full gun case.
All your shirts say things like HK, Colt Mossberg, and all your hats have names of ammunition manufacturers.
You get blisters on your fingers from loading magazines.
You've ever bragged about the size of the groups your semi-auto throws with its empty brass.
You notice that every time you look at a digital clock it reads 1:17, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 2:23, 2:43, 2:57, 3:03, 3:08, 3:57, 4:04, 4:16, 4:44, 4:58, 5:56 or any of about fifty-odd calibere you instantly recognize.
After realizing that you DO own one of every caliber, you find that you should have at least TWO of each so that they can "share ammo." This explains how you consider your Anschutz 2013 and your Mitchell AK-22 to be "Companion Guns." And your Churchill side-by-side .410 with the fancy English walnut stock to be a companion to your "Thunder 5" revolver! An your Barret .50 BMG to be the companion to your Desert Eagle .50AE...
If you buy a gun that is a duplicate of one you already have because the original one might break someday....
If you ever bought two brands of the same weight and type of bullet, just to see if one "shot better"...
If you read the sports section, just for the gun ads...
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You might be a (Gun Nut) enthusiast if. . .
If you consider the money you lose on your frequent trades as "entertainment money", then you might be a gun nut.
If you have dog named after a firearm or firearm company, then you might be a gun nut.
If you have a separate safe for your pre-ban magazines, then you might be a gun nut.
If you decline a date because you plan on reloading next Friday night, you might be a gun nut.
If you have a stockpile of rifle cases and gun rugs "because you never can have too many of these", you might be a gun nut.
If you forget birthdays and anniversaries but remember the production figures for the pre-64 Model 70 Winchester.
If 30.06 or 8X57 to you is just as appealing as 36-32-34.
If you spend three nights up till 2AM in a row trying to get the finish on that stock just right.
If you drive over fifty miles to buy anything gun related.
If you experience the signs of loss and grief whenever you trade a gun away.
Your standard Sunday-afternoon question to guys selling surplus ammo at gun shows is "How much for all of it, so you don't have to lug it home?"
If you make $30 per hour at work, but spend 30 minutes on your knees at the range looking for that last piece of 40 S&W brass.
You could identify on sight all rifle bolt-faces as in - "that's a Ruger, that's a Savage, that's a Winchester .."
If you can identify gunshots from faraway as to caliber, whether from a rifle or pistol.
If you consider concealed carry every time you shop for clothes.
If you buy a gun safe much larger than you think you'll ever need and still fill it up.
If you need a second gun safe.
If you need yet another safe for all of the ammunition.
If you think there is some special significance when you glance at a clock and it shows 3:08, 3:57, 2:23, etc., no matter how many times you see it...
If you start wondering if you should spread out your ammo boxes a bit, to more evenly distribute the weight on the floor...
If you start eyeing the floor space around your gun vault wondering if you could fit another one there along side it.
If you have a magazine loader on your key ring, you just might be a gun nut.
If you visit a friends private range 150 miles away more often then 3/4 the local members, you just might be a gun nut.
If you approach total strangers and ask if they're going to keep their brass, you just might be a gun nut.
If friends and family ask what you want for Christmas "Other than gun stuff." You just might be a gun nut.
If you've ever run out of film photographing your guns for insurance purposes, you just might be a gun nut.
If you've ever photographed your entire gun collection, but "insurance purposes" never entered your mind, you just might be a gun nut.
If you try taking one big 'family photo' of your gun collection, but just can't fit them all in one frame, you just might be a gun nut.
You just buy a type of gun (say a Win Mod. 70) you love the rifle and go out and buy every Mod 70 but in different calibers.
You fall in love with a caliber (say 243) and go a buy every different manufactured rifle in that caliber.
If you have a library filled with back issues of American Rifleman, Handloader, and Gun Report magazines, and you bought a computer to index them on.
If all your computer passwords are firearms related, you just might be a gun nut.
If you gave your daughter a brick of .22s for Christmas, you just might be a gun nut.
If you have three guns in the same model and caliber, you just might be a gun nut.
If your answer to the recent thread, "How many guns do you need?" is, "How many do you have room for in your house?"
You do all metric-to-English unit conversions starting with the phrase, "Well...thirty caliber is .308 inches and 7.62mm, so..."
Your personalized license plates read COLT AUTO, FNFAL, M1911A1, M2HB, 762 51, or GLOCK.
You might be a gun nut if ...your reloading bench is made of better wood than your bedroom set.
You practice your draw when walking along a path at work and scare someone (unarmed - like air guitar)
If you bought a Russian SKS so you could shoot DCM matches and qualify for an M1 Garand, you just might be.
You just might be a gun nut if you start feeling uneasy if you have fewer than 500 rounds on hand for your favorite shooter.
You just might be a gun nut, when you look at a beautiful sun-set, and all you can think about is how much sight adjustment you'd have to make in the fluky light!
You just might be a gun nut, when your idea of the perfect vacation is two bug-filled weeks at Camp Perry!
You just might be a gun nut when your littlest son cheers and yells "DEER MEAT" when Bambi's mother gets shot!
You just might be a gun nut when you measure the passage of seasons by which rifle you're loading for!
You can't remember the plot of the last movie you saw, but you can name the model, caliber and finish of every firearm in the movie.
You reflexively count the number of shots fired by every weapon in the film, then gripe to your friends when the actors exceed the magazine capacities.
Your friends refuse to see ANY films containing firearms with you.
You're a gun nut if you bought 5000 5.56 bullet heads because you are afraid that the ban will go through and you'll have to shoot soft points through your AR.
You shout out gun names makes and calibers during every movie you go and see.
Every time you see a structure you wonder what kind of penetration your favorite round will have on it.
You keep leaving home with the empty gun case, while telling your wife that you are taking that one gun to be fixed, and returning with a full gun case.
All your shirts say things like HK, Colt Mossberg, and all your hats have names of ammunition manufacturers.
You get blisters on your fingers from loading magazines.
You've ever bragged about the size of the groups your semi-auto throws with its empty brass.
You notice that every time you look at a digital clock it reads 1:17, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 2:23, 2:43, 2:57, 3:03, 3:08, 3:57, 4:04, 4:16, 4:44, 4:58, 5:56 or any of about fifty-odd calibere you instantly recognize.
After realizing that you DO own one of every caliber, you find that you should have at least TWO of each so that they can "share ammo." This explains how you consider your Anschutz 2013 and your Mitchell AK-22 to be "Companion Guns." And your Churchill side-by-side .410 with the fancy English walnut stock to be a companion to your "Thunder 5" revolver! An your Barret .50 BMG to be the companion to your Desert Eagle .50AE...
If you buy a gun that is a duplicate of one you already have because the original one might break someday....
If you ever bought two brands of the same weight and type of bullet, just to see if one "shot better"...
If you read the sports section, just for the gun ads...
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